Tennis thread: French Open second week and all your autumnal tennis chat - this way!

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Couldn't think of anything witty. As usual

This match has got interesting. Not saying Gaston will win- or even get the set- but he has rallied in this set.

Maybe he criticised his laundry skills.

I'm enjoying this.

his laundry skills

Thiem looks shattered.

Well done Gaston.

They can stop telling us ever other minute that Dom hasn't dropped a set now.

(He's not the only one, either).

Go Hugo! This is looking a bit like when he played Stan the other day

I’ve never seen beauty & the beast or Ben & Holly - I don’t know if it’s because I’m the mother of boys or too old (probably both!)

I’m still surprised that Sascha was allowed to play - I still have to have my temperature taken when I go to the hairdressers

I wonder if Thiem is affected by the 'crowd'.

This is a great match.

This is like watching a proper pre-Covid match- where the crowd are really partisan. I was in the kitchen- I could tell when Dom won the point and when Hugo did, from the noise.

WOW! I agree Raahh it’s like watching a proper tennis match - it’s great!

Not so long ago, I was thinking it was great that Hugo might win a set.

Now he's won two.

Allez! Hugo.
(I do like Dom though- but this is very exciting).

I'm watching the kitchen telly because I'm cooking dinner and football is on but DS2 is dying to get on the PlayStation. I've just told him there's no tiebreak in the fifth set

Poor DS2 Jane - I’ve been hogging the TV all day

That was excellent.

Well done young Hugo.

And well done Dom.

He will have made some money too, so not a bad thing.

Diminutive Diego is sponsored by Disney +.

That amuses me, for some reason.

I did have a little chuckle at the end of Diego’s match - his opponent looked huge at the net!

Yes well done to Domi and Hugo - great match. I wonder if we’ll see anything more of Hugo or whether this was a flash in the pan? He is only 20 so he’s got plenty of time.

Fizzy that will be the big question. We often see players come along and push big players- then we don't hear from them much, or they just become part of the pack.

Was it the crowd that helped Gaston? Maybe. But he pulled himself back , from 2 sets, and nearly made it.
It was lots of fun.

Oh, two positive Covid tests with the ball girls.

I wonder why the umpires don't wear masks.

Jane I don't know. They have mics, don't they, so not being heard would not be an issue.

Clearly, being up a tower, keeps you safe.

Like Rapunzel

Jane yes!! It's all becoming a very Disney tournament.

A whole new world...